My Dear Sir,

The bearer of this letter, Comrade Belsky, is the sole representative of the "Forward" faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Our faction consists of the majority of the party committees, and the editorial board of the newspaper "Forward" is authorized to represent the interests and views of the aforementioned committees, among which is also the St. Petersburg one.

Please accept, my dear sir, the assurances of my complete respect.

Vl. Ulyanov (N. Lenin)

Translated from the French

First published in 1931

in Lenin Miscellany XVI

Printed from the manuscript